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evolution

[ev-uh-loo-shuhn, ee-vuh-] / ˌɛv əˈlu ʃən, ˌi və- /


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Evolution may be less like climbing steadily toward perfection and more like running after a world that keeps moving.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Macquarie notes Evolution also produces copper, volumes of which are anticipated to be around 80,000 metric tons in FY27.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The history of our battles on Fifa and Pro Evolution Soccer died with the bunk bed.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

A 2024 Nature Ecology & Evolution study reported 9,000 years of genetic continuity in southernmost Africa, highlighting the region's long and unusually deep human population history.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Evolution occurred in scientific progress as it happened in nature: a positive trait was passed along, then proliferated; obsolete characteristics withered away, and the technology and the organization evolved into something new.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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